Chateau-Gaillard travel guide
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Visit Chateau-Gaillard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chateau-Gaillard is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 27 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Chateau-Gaillard is 390 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 13 km from Chateau-Gaillard
Popular places to visit near Chateau-Gaillard: these include Perouges at 13 km and Dombes at 24 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chateau-Gaillard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau-Gaillard
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chateau-Gaillard.
Note that all distances from Chateau-Gaillard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau-Gaillard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chateau-Gaillard (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Ain gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chateau-Gaillard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (41km) : Parc de Gerland (43km) : Parc du château de Laye (46km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (13km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (43km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (16km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (31km) : Morestel (36km) : Vonnas (36km) : Ecully (46km) : Chaponnay (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (28km) : Trevoux (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Chateau-Gaillard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château-Gaillard
Canton: Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Arrondissement: Belley
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01500
Distance to Chateau-Gaillard
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 27 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 296 km
from Bordeaux: 476 km
from Strasbourg: 344 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chateau-Gaillard): Amberieu-en-Bugey, Ambronay, Ambutrix, Bettant, Chatillon-la-Palud, Douvres, Leyment, Priay, Saint-Denis-en-Bugey, Saint-Maurice-de-Remens, Vaux-en-Bugey and Villette-sur-Ain.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chateau-Gaillard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau-Gaillard